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El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin as Legal Tender: A First for a Nation

Lawmakers in the Central American country El Salvador have voted to consider Bitcoin as legal tender, with citizens able to trade freely for goods and services using the digital token, as well as pay
Hong Kong Explores Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - e-HKD

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is exploring whether to launch a centralised digital currency as part of the country's "Fintech 2025" strategy".The HKMA will soon begin a c
Kubernetes & Kubeflow Security: Crypto Mining Attacks & Mitigation

Security researchers have warned of hackers' continued attacks against Kubernetes clusters running Kubeflow machine learning (ML) instances by installing malicious containers that mine cryptocurr
Cryptocurrency Crime Soars 12x Since 2016: A Growing Threat

Crimes related to cryptocurrencies have increased 12-fold in the past four years, from 704 reported incidents in 2016 to almost 9,000 in 2020.That's according to new findings by Crypto Head, whic
El Salvador Gives Citizens $30 in Bitcoin – Cryptocurrency Adoption

El Salvador has doubled down on its plans to support Bitcoin by offering $30 of the digital asset to any adult citizen downloading and registering with the country’s official cryptocurrency app. At th
Binance Banned in UK: FCA Restricts Crypto Exchange Operations

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has barred the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance, from operating in the UK,The financial regulator has declared that Binance Markets
Visa Expands Crypto Payments to 70 Million Merchants via 50+ Platform Partnerships

Visa is partnering with 50 cryptocurrency firms to make it possible for customers to convert and spend digital currencies like Bitcoin at roughly 70 million merchants worldwide, even if they don’t acc
Android Crypto Mining Scams: 93,000 Victims Targeted

Security researchers have discovered a plethora of fake Android apps that pretend to offer cloud-based cryptocurrency mining in exchange for a fee.Around 170 Android apps, including 25 on Google Play,
Metropolitan Police Seizes Record £180 Million in Cryptocurrency in UK Money Laundering Investigation

London’s Metropolitan Police have carried out the UK’s largest cryptocurrency confiscation to date, seizing nearly £180 million. The raid was carried out on Saturday 10 July by detectives from the Met
Monero Mining Surge: Cryptocurrency Value Drives Illicit Mining Activity

The amount of illicit cryptocurrency mining closely follows the value of Monero, according to new research. According to Talos, security researchers noted that as the value of Monero increased, so did
PlugWalkJoe: British Man Arrested in Spain for 2020 Twitter Hack

A 22-year old British national has been arrested by Spanish authorities in connection with the biggest security and privacy breach in Twitter’s history.Joseph James O'Connor, who currently lives
Amazon Considering Bitcoin Payments and Cryptocurrency Initiatives

Amazon has plans to accept Bitcoin payments 'by the end of the year' and is said to exploring its own token for 2022, according to reports.A job advert spotted by City AM over the weekend su
Cryptojacking: Understanding the Threat and How to Prevent It

Cryptojacking is when a hacker uses a victim’s desktop or laptop to generate cryptocurrency. This happens when the victim unwittingly installs a malicious code that enables a cyber criminal to access
Poly Network Hacked: $610M Cryptocurrency Theft – Details & Recovery Efforts

Blockchain platform Poly Network has fallen victim to what is likely to be the largest cryptocurrency heist in history, with hackers making away with over $610 million (£440 million) worth of Ether, B
Poly Network Recovers $342 Million in Stolen Cryptocurrency Assets

The hacker behind what is considered to be the biggest cryptocurrency heist in history has now returned $342 million (£247 million) worth of stolen assets.This is according to Poly Network, a blockcha
Poly Network Rewards Hacker with $500K for Massive Cryptocurrency Heist Vulnerability

Poly Network has offered its own hacker a $500,000 bug bounty reward for finding the vulnerability which allowed them to orchestrate what is now considered to be the largest cryptocurrency heist to da
Ohio Man Admits to Laundering $300M+ in Bitcoin via Darknet Mixer

An Ohio man faces up to 20 years in prison and multimillion-dollar fines after pleading guilty to money laundering conspiracy charges in federal court. Larry Dean Harmon pleaded guilty to charges agai
Fake Crypto Mining Apps Removed from Google Play - Trend Micro Report

Google has removed eight apps from its app store that claimed to be mining apps for cryptocurrency.Researchers at Trend Micro said they found the fake apps masquerading as cryptocurrency cloud-mining
Liquid Crypto Exchange Suffers $97 Million Loss in Hack

Following a hacker raid on its systems, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid lost $97 million in crypto assets.In a tweet, the firm said that its hot wallets were compromised, and it is moving asse
PayPal Launches Crypto Services for UK Users: Buy, Hold & Sell

PayPal has launched a new service for UK customers that enables them to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on the platform. The service, which is available via both the PayPal app and website, is rol

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